Toussaint's Private French Notebook

Intouchables

People love this movie. I have yet to sit down and watch the entire movie because I saw the opening scene, and it was very fast, but I recently watched the Art gallery scene with English subtitles…which is also fairly quick, but the reaction from the guy at the end sticks in my head because it’s HILARIOUS!

Saleswoman: We open Tuesdays; during the sales market on Tuesday it is for sale.Driss: Well, here we go? It’s been a time you’re stuck there! We must change the channel for a moment.Philip: There is a lot of serenity that emerges from this painting. Even some violence.Saleswoman: I find it very touching too.Driss: It’s touching red spots on a white background? And it costs how much does it cost?Saleswoman: I think it’s thirty thousand euros, but I can check if you want.Driss: Yeah, (it) is worth checking anyway. Because it seems like exaggerated prices. You’re not going to buy this crust there for thirty thousand euros; that is not possible!Philip: Oh, well, yes, yes, it is possible.Driss: The guy, he bled from the nose on a white background, he asks for thirty thousand euros.Philip: Tell me Driss, in your opinion, why are people interested in art?Driss: I (do) not know, it’s a business.Philippe: Yes. This is because it is the only trace of our passage on Earth.Driss: Bullshit to that Philippe. I, for fifty Euros, I go to the Casto house and I will make the trace of my passage on Earth. I put the same blue as a bonus, if you want.Philip: Come on, stop saying what’s not important. Give me a chocolate!Driss: No!Philip: Give me a chocolate!Driss: No arms, no chocolate! It is not? Oh, I’m kidding!Philip: Oh, it’s a joke?Driss: Yeah, it’s a joke.Philip: Oh, it’s a joke?Driss: It’s good anyway?Philippe: Very good, very good joke!Driss: It is a known block “No arms, no chocolate! “But with you …Philip: Go!Driss … it is changed.Philip: A joke.Driss: Yes! You do not have arms, Philip. I will make like Marge Simpson. It is unfortunate that there is no public!Saleswoman: Sorry! I … I made a small mistake on the price.Driss: Ah here!Saleswoman: Yes, it is forty-one thousand five hundred euros.Philip: I will take it!Driss: Really?